U.S.
Senate:
In the highly contested U.S. Senate race race consumer
advocate Elizabeth Warren (D)
defeated Sen. Scott Brown (R)by 1,696,346
votes (53.74%) to 1,458,048 (46.19%) and 2,159 for all others.U.S. House: Reps.
John Olver (D), first elected in June 2001, and Rep. Barney Frank (D),
first elected in 1980, retired. Massachusetts lost one seat
due to redistricting. The closest race occurred in the 6th CD,
where Rep. John Tierney (D)
defeated Richard Tisei (R)
by 180,942 votes
to 176,612 and 16,739 for Daniel Fishman (L). In the 4th
CD, after competitive primaries in both parties, Joseph P. Kennedy III
(D) defeated Sean
Bielat
(R). State Legislature:
Democrats maintained huge majorities in both chambers. All 160
House seats and all 40 Senate seats were up. The
House went from 127D,
33R to 131D, 29R and
the Senate from 35D,
4R, 1v to 36D, 4R.Ballot Measures: There
were
three
ballot
questions. Voters approved Question 1 on motor
vehicle repairs, narrowly defeated Question 2 , the death with dignity
initiative by 51.1% to 48.9% and approved Question 3 on medical
marijuana.

Ballot access note:
A non-party candidate
seeking to have his
or her name placed on the ballot must obtain at least 10,000 certified
signatures on nomination papers. These papers must include the names of
the eleven elector candidates (who must be registered voters in
Massachusetts) for each presidential candidate and vice-presidential
running mate.

Overview:Former Gov. Mitt Romney lost his home
state and Green
Party nominee Jill Stein, also from Massachusetts, did not do well here
either. Obama gained
a pluralitly of 732,976 votes
(23.14 percentage points)
keeping the Bay State solidly in
the
Democratic column. Romney made periodic visits including for
fundraising and stops at his national campaign headquarters; the
Democratic principals also made fundraising visits (+). The campaigns organized activists to
help out in the neighboring battleground state of New Hampshire.Obama
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2008
OverviewThe Obama-Biden ticket carried the Bay
State with a plurality of 795,243 votes (25.81 percentage
points). Independent candidate Ralph Nader provided one of the
highlights of the Massachusetts campaign with a marathon
day of speeches on Oct. 25. The only appearances by the major
party principals were for fundraisers: John McCain in Boston on June
12, Barack Obama in Boston on Aug. 4, and Joe Biden in Boston and
Holyoke on Sept. 10.Obama/Allies
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McCain/Allies | Nader

2000
OverviewSolidly Democratic
Massachusetts
went solidly for Gore as he won the state's 12 electoral votes with a
plurality
of 737,985 votes (27.30 percentage points). Gore carried all
counties.
Ralph Nader's 6.42% was his third best showing of any state.
Massachusetts
came to the fore on Oct. 3 when the first presidential debate was held
at UMass in Boston; both sides mobilized their supporters, and Ralph
Nader,
Pat Buchanan and Harry Browne were also on hand in the city. Gore
and Lieberman had also visited the state earlier, holding a rally and a
fundraising gala in Boston on Sept. 13.